Inventions around us

We have successfully made many inventions, using connection. Here are some examples: + video phone video phone

+ + storage battery electrical machinery( 电机 ) electrically operated bike electrically operated bike

+ heating wire electric blanket

Will these inventions be possible?

1.Are some people born creative, or is it possible to learn how to be creative? 2.Which one is more important, genius or hardworking? 3.How do people come up with ideas for new inventions? PRE-READING

True or False 1.Most inventors have a high IQ. 2. The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand new ideas. 3. It is impossible to learn how to be creative. 4. The best way to find a good solution is to look for one good answer. 5. Inventors try to avoid failure. 6. The more ways we have of looking at a problem, the more likely it is that we can find a solution. 7. Most good ideas are the result of a long process of trial and error.

1. Most inventors have a high IQ. 2. The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand new ideas. Not all

possible 3. It is impossible to learn how to be creative. 4. The best way to find a good solution is to look for one good answer. as many answers as possible.

5. Inventors try to avoid failure. 6. The more ways we have of looking at a problem, the more likely it is that we can find a solution. realize that we can learn from failures.

7. Most good ideas are the result of a long process of trial and error.

1. What does “creativity” mean according to the first paragraph? Para. 1 A matter of habits.

2. How can we become more creative? By thinking about the way we think and practising good thinking strategies.

Para. 2 1.What does “THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ” mean? To think outside the box is to try new ways to solve a problem.

Get out of your box!

A cat passed by a mouse without even looking at it. Why? Blind cat / dead mouse etc.

2. A plane crashed. Why was nobody in the plane injured? All the people in the plane died.

3. Why can a frog jump higher than a tree? A tree can’t jump.

2. What is “creative thinking”? Creative thinking is a conscious effort to break away from old thought patterns in order to explore new possibilities.

Para. 3 What does “TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT” mean? Using different ways to look at a problem, using pictures, words, numbers, models etc.

A romantic story from the rubbish

Para. 4 What does “MAKE CONNECTIONS” mean?

① Trying to combine new and old ideas in as many different ways as possible. ② Comparing and connecting ideas &objects in new ways.

What does “KEEP TRYING” mean? Para. 5

Success is not an accident. ① the result of a process of trial and error. ② For each new invention that works, there are at least ten that do not. Para. 5

The examples have been mixed up and place them in the right paragraph.